Hi Sesa,
I'm glad the first issue got resolved!
For your second issue, I think because irb will become up when this is bounded to family-ethernet-switching interface(not sure if in your case is up or down), not vlan-ids.
set interfaces ae0 vlan-tagging
set interfaces ae0 mtu 9192
set interfaces ae0 encapsulation extended-vlan-bridge
set interfaces ae0 unit 426 vlan-id 426
set interfaces ae0 unit 4000 vlan-id 4000
set interfaces irb unit 426 family inet address 10.42.6.3/24 >>>> here!
set vlans v4000 interface ge-1/0/1.0
set vlans v4000 interface ae0.4000
set vlans v426 vlan-id 426
set vlans v426 interface ae0.426
set vlans v426 l3-interface irb.426 >>>> here!
Try this one and remove the irb interfaces.
set interfaces ae0 unit 426 vlan-id 426 family inet address 10.42.6.3/24
Try checking if the L3 is learning mac address in the other P router interface.
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Thank you,
Franky